The writer Leon, David Fernandez Sifres, held yesterday, Thursday January 24, a meeting with young people from reading committees Intercultural Centers Pain and Old Town.
The author, a finalist for this year's Prize Hache, he presented his novel, The lighthouse of women absent (Edelvives, 2011) which won the prize in 2011 Alandar.
Reciprocity and interactivity are the keys to these meetings.
So much so, that young readers cartageneros asked numerous questions to the writer, while also exchanged views on the lessons to bring his book.
Multiculturalism, or what is the same, the importance of understanding and strengthen ties with people from different cultures is presented as a fundamental value that helps people eliminate prejudice and enroquecer their knowledge.
To cap off the meeting, young people gave to Sifres a kit developed by them with the cover of his book.
It was last Wednesday when Sifres January 23 landed in Cartagena where he held a meeting in the morning with 600 students in the auditorium of the UPC. Later that afternoon, met in a more intimate atmosphere, with readers Intercultural Centers Low in the Graduate School (c / Gisbert).
The writer is the second visit after Hache Prize in December activities with Lola Beccaria. Writers The third democratic opting this award, Alfredo Gómez Cerdá will travel to Cartagena in February to close the cycle with writers finalists.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena